Small Craft Advisory
NWS Anchorage AK ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory Through Tonight
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Coastal Waters Forecast for the Northern Gulf of Alaska Coast up to 100 nm out including Kodiak Island and Cook Inlet. Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest one-third of the combined wind wave and swell height. .TODAY...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...SE wind 25 kt diminishing to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 6 ft subsiding to 2 ft after midnight. Rain. .SUN...E wind 10 kt increasing to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. Rain showers. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.
Affected areas
- Southwest Prince William Sound
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Anchorage AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~49s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3ETER2R2W581YSZPBXHT4DF
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3b9b26f6b9b31008b5d344b631ac11f572d1bc57.010.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Anchorage AK
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAFC
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.463
- WMO heading
- XOAK51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Alaska (AK)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CWFAER |
| WMOidentifier | FZAK51 PAFC 261218 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PAFC.SC.Y.3184.260926T1200Z-260927T1300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T05:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Southwest Prince William Sound
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 058726 |
| UGC | PKZ726 |